Alan Davey Vision Quest Request

[Jonathan Smith]

Re: Lord Dunsany. He was much lass dark and more literary than Lovecraft,
not to mention less openly zenophobic. Lovecraft wrote some amazing stories
however. Love the Cthuhlu Mythos idea. He was extremely influential to the
fanatasy/ horror genre.

I have never managed to relate to the band...

2010/1/7 Mary Sullivan <maryann.sullivan1 at verizon.net>

> I haven't heard a lot from the band, but found I liked what I heard.  I
> remember a song "The Mountains Of Madness."  It took forever for me to get
> a
> copy of that story, I expected more.  The stories are well told, after a
> while Lovecraft became a parody of himself.  I liked the influence of Lord
> Dunsany.  I haven't read anything by him, but I can tell which stories were
> influenced by him, they're a totally different style, more dreamy.
>
> Mary
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> On
> Behalf Of Paul Mather
> Sent: Thursday, January 07, 2010 9:43 AM
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> Subject: Re: Alan Davey Vision Quest Request
>
>
> On Jan 7, 2010, at 9:01 AM, Chris Allen wrote:
>
> > Mind you, I've a wee soft spot for HP Lovecraft the band, too.  Maybe
> > I shouldn't admit that openly...
>
> Why not?  Their 1968 live album is really good.  There, I said it.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Paul.
>